News in Pics (7 December 2018)

Ajmer: Election officers stand in queue for submission of their Electronic Voting Machine, follwoing state Assembly elections, in Ajmer, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

Kochi: Kerala Blasters FC players (in yellow) and FC Pune City in action during the 5th season of Indian Super League (ISL) 2018, at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

Kabul: Murtaza Ahmadi, a Lionel Messi fan, shows Lionel Messi's signature on a shirt, at his relative's home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. A young Afghan soccer fan who shot to fame after he was photographed in a Messi shirt made from a plastic bag has been forced to flee with his family to the capital after criminal gangs and the Taliban threatened to kill or kidnap him, his mother said Friday.

Hamburg: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, congratulates newly elected party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer after the election at the party convention of the Christian Democratic Democratic Union CDU in Hamburg, northern Germany, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

Washington: President Donald Trump announces that he is nominating William Barr, attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, as his attorney general, on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Washington.

New Delhi: A Kendriya Sainik Board officer pins a flag on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on occasion of the Armed Forces Flag Day, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 07, 2018. (PIB Photo via PTI)